A LEADER

HE SAID, "IF WE DESIRE TO SECURE PEACE, IT MUST BE KNOWN THAT WE ARE AT ALL TIMES READY FOR WAR."

HE HAD "THE POLICY OF YIELDING TO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT COME IN THE SHAPE OF INSULT AND AGGRESSION."
HIS SAID HIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS A "CONTEST BETWEEN THE VIRTUE OF THE PEOPLE AND THE INFLUENCE OF PATRONAGE."

YES, NOT ONLY DOES GEORGE W. BUSH SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER, BUT ALSO GEORGE WASHINGTON. YES, IT IS A TYPICAL LIBERAL DEMOCRAT WHO PREFERS TO ACCOMMODATE TERRORISTS IN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS THOMAS JEFFERSON. THE UPCOMING ELECTION OF 2008 BODES ILL OR WELL FOR AMERICA JUST LIKE THE ONE OF ANDREW JACKSON'S IN 1828.

THE TIME FOR LEADERSHIP IS NOW. NOT THE BOGUS BRAND LEE IACOCCA EXEMPLIFIED BY JOHN MURTHA OR AL GORE. BUT A LEADER LIKE WASHINGTON, JACKSON, TRUMAN OR REAGAN FOR WHOM HONOR, INTEGRITY AND FIDELITY WERE PARAMOUNT.

WALTER LIPPMAN REFERRED TO FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT WHEN HE SAID THAT "THE GENIUS OF A GOOD LEADER IS TO LEAVE BEHIND HIM A SITUATION WHICH COMMON SENSE, WITHOUT THE GRACE OF GENIUS, CAN DEAL WITH SUCCESSFULLY. " YET MR. LIPPMAN’S APPRAISAL OF ROOSEVELT'S LEGACY WAS WRONG.

GREAT LEADERS CAN BE WRONG OR EVEN EVIL. "THE EFFICIENCY OF THE TRULY NATIONAL LEADER CONSISTS PRIMARILY IN PREVENTING THE DIVISION OF THE ATTENTION OF A PEOPLE, AND ALWAYS IN CONCENTRATING IT ON A SINGLE ENEMY." THIS RATIONALE BACKED HITLER'S DEMONIZING AND DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWS.

BUT WHAT DEVIL IN OUR MIDST SHOULD BE POINTED OUT BY A GOOD, POLITICAL LEADER TODAY? WHAT LINCOLN WILL FIND THE "BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE," AND LEAD AMERICA ON IN GREATNESS?